Is Racism still a problem in the 21st Century?

Racism has been a problem since the very first day that two men of different races met. Racism is defined as "the belief in the superiority of one race over all others." Often racism is a belief that one type of person has better physical attributes, or is more intelligent. This belief can have an enormous effect over the way that one group of people treat another.

In general, individual people are very friendly, but because of human actions throughout history or rivalling religious beliefs, people often see others as being a possible threat and treat every person of that race as if they were the same.

The first black people to be brought to Britain were slaves. The so-called 'slave race' were taken from their home countries to Britain and America. Although slave trading was mostly common in America, It was the British that first started the slave trade. The slaves were promised the chance of a new life and promised that they would become 'good people' and Christians. They were ...